SYDNEY: A 70-year-old Australian grandfather has become the oldest person to swim the English Channel, celebrating his feat by having a couple of beers "for medicinal purposes".
Baldock, aged 70 years and nine months, took 12 hours and 45 minutes to swim from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez - a straight line distance of 34 kilometres (21 miles) - beating the previous record set by British man Roger Allsopp, who was five months younger, in 2011.
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